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7th Grade Summer Reading LIst

Summer 2009 Reading List:  Grade 7 Picks (THREE BOOKS TOTAL REQUIRED)

 

Required Reading* (TWO TITLES):

Please note: You must purchase these novels.  Bring both to class the first week of school.

My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Crash by Jerry Spinelli

 

Options for other Reading Choices (ANY ONE FROM ANY CATEGORY – or more!!)

 

REALISTIC/CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Heat by Mike Lupica

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

When Zachary Beaver Came To Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

 

HUMOR

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

 

FANTASY

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Giver by Lois Lowry

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Grey King by Susan Cooper

Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment (Book 1 in the series) by James Patterson

 

HISTORICAL FICTION: SPANNING AMERICAN HISTORY

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

A River Between Us by Richard Peck

 Soldier’s Heart: A Novel of the Civil War by Gary Paulsen

Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary  D. Schmidt

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

 

ANCIENT WORLD/MIDDLE AGES

 

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Crispin by Avi

The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman

The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood

 

Happy reading!  Don’t forget to log your summer reading on your Reading Achievement tally sheet.

 

A WORD TO THE WISE: Consider buying your books at a used bookstore instead of using the library.  The library is, of course, great, but you will be vying with many other students for borrowing privileges of a small pool of books.  Bookman’s is a good choice, especially for Newberry winners and older titles.  This is just a suggestion.....

 

LET ME CLARIFY THIS FOR THE AGES: THIS IS REQUIRED READING.

*PERHAPS YOU MISUNDERSTOOD.  THIS IS REQUIRED READING.*